Great 1st Couple of Weeks!

ATTENTION!! I still need several 5th grade parent permission forms for the movie clip viewing...if you have not filled out the online form, please see link in the post below and fill this out so your student can be a part of our next project!!

6th Grade Theatre
We've had a great 1st couple of weeks in room 1408! The 6th graders have mostly completed their planning and writing of their PSA's. Monday, we will begin filming our PSA's (Public Service Announcements). Some topics you might hear them talk about are:
bullying
rumors
recycling
animal abuse
going green
drug abuse
smoking
alcohol abuse
I've challenged these students to look at reality...what really goes on? How are you bullied in school? What things can you do to change the way we look at the environment? What are the realities of drug/alcohol/tobacco abuse? It is easy to write something cheesy and make it happy at the end, but I want these students to look at what really goes on and look at how they can make a difference...these students are powerful and can change our world if given the chance!
5th Grade Theatre
This week, we've worked on a pantomime from a scene from the book, The Hobbit. The students learned how to act using their bodies rather than their voices!
Next week, we will move onto narrative pantomime and storytelling...they will get to choose their story and pick a director for their scene!